The Keynoter.

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The Time of Their Lives The First Reagan Victory
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Dear APIC members.
This issue ofThe Keynoter marks our secondjournal in an expanded and full colorfornnat.
The positive responses to our last issue were enthusiastic and overwhelming,and it is obvious
that our readership appreciates the improvements we have made
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All members ofthe US Senate and Congress are now complementary members ofAPIC and
receive copies ofthe Keynoterfor their review and enjoyment.We welcome our national
elected officials as members,and invite them to participate in our hobby's activities to the
extent their schedules allow.
We also acknowledge and appreciate APIC
member Frank Cherry's sharing of rare and seldom
seen Reagan gubernatorial buttons forthis issue.
As many ofour members are aware,Frank has been
recognized as having one ofthe top Reagan
collections in our hobby.
Lastly,APIC extends a thankyou toTom Brokaw,
whose essay on "the greatest generation" is part of
his award-winning research into theWorld War II
generation. We are delighted to include his work in
these pages and his support ofourefforts to make
The Keynoter a flagship publication.
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EDITOR'S MESSAGE
10 The Time of Their Lives
Productiongrowingpainsare
stillwithusaswepresentoursec-
15 William Randolph Hearst
ondfullcolorKeynoterbutweare
gainingstrengtheveryday The
leadarticlebyHBCNewsanchor 21 A Woodrow Wilson Specialist
TomBrokawlaysouttheenviron-
mentinAmericaasWorldWarIIapproached Itisafine 24 The First Reagan Victory
evocationofoneofthemostimportanterasinourhistory
Asignificant-andunpredictable-change in 29 The Vision Thing
Americanpoliticsistelevision'sbeingsupplantedbythe
Internetasthevehicleforthesocialconversationthatisa 31 The lYHYKHR Button
politicalcampaign. Yettelevisionitselfoncesupplanted
newspapersinthatrole. 33 Collecting History: Button Sets
IntheearlydaysoftheRepublic,voterswouldexpecta
presidentialcandidatetoremainsilentduringthecam- 35 John Kerry Locals
paign. Itwouldhavebeenthoughtinappropriatefora
potentialpresidenttomakeaspeechonhisownbehalf In 38 Events in the Hobby
theAmericaof2004,theroleofpoliticianaseffectivecom-
municatorisalmostparamount Wehaveelectedfilmstars
tothehighestofficeswhilecriticizingknowledgeable,expe-
riencedcandidatesfortheirlackofcommunicationskills. —
Oneoftheforerunnersofthepoliticianasacommuni- ILLUSTRATIONS Theeditorwishestothanksthefollowingforproviding
catorwasWilliamRandolphHearst TheHearstnameis illustrationsforthisissue:AnthonyAtkiss,Germaine Broussard,FrankCherry,
stillknowntodayasamajorforceinpublishingbuttoday's Michael Dunham,Robert Fratkin,Brian Krapfand JordanWright.
formidableHearstcorporateempiredoesn'tcomecloseto
themediadominanceoncewieldedbyWilliamRandolph —
Hearstathispeak. NEXTISSUE Nowhere in America (with the possible exception ofNYC)
AsIwritethis,wearepastLaborDay2004andthe is politics as colorful and personal as in the South. Our Fall issue will focus
Bush/Kerrycampaignisplungingaheadatfullblast Note on the Politicsofthe South.
thearticleshowingJohnKerrylocalsfromMassachusetts.
TheDukakis/Kerrybuttonsfromhis 1982raceforlieu-
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tenantgovernorastherunningmateof(1988Democratic SUBMISSIONS Thisisyourpublication. Pleasefeelfreetoshareyour
presidentialnominee)MichaelDukakisarecertaintobe ideas,suggestions,illustrationsandstories. TheKeynoterisdelightedto
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inNovemberornot. IfKerrywins.Democratswilllovethem
submitting an illustration, send it as an .eps, .jpg or .pdffile to mkel-
andifheloses.Republicanswilldisplaythemwithglee.
[email protected]. Illustrations should be in color and submitted in digital
formatwithatleast300dpiresolution (preferablyhigher).Filesmustbe
created at 100% ofactual size or larger (smaller risks loosing clarity).
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secureand productive.Theseyoung menand women were
eagerfortheassignment.Theyunderstoodwhatwasrequired
ofthem,andtheywillinglyvolunteeredfortheirduty.
The Time
of Manyofthem had been bornjusttwentyyearsearlierthan
I,in a timeofnational promise,optimism,and prosperity,when
allthingsseemed possibleasthe United Stateswasswiftlytak-
Their Lives ing its placeasthe mostpowerful nation intheworld.World
War 1 wasover,America's industrial mightwascomingofage
withthe riseoftheautoindustryandthe nascentcommunica-
tions industry.Wall Streetwas booming,andthe popularcul-
By Tom Brokaw turewas rich withthe likesofBabeRuth,EugeneO'Neill,D.W.
Griffith,and a newauthoronthescene,F.ScottFitzgerald.
Whatthose unsuspecting infantscould not haverealized,of
TomBrokawhasbeenanchor ofNBC
course,wasthattheseweretemporaryconditions,afalse
NightlyNewswithTomBrokawsince
7983.Heistheauthorofthree springtoa lifethatwould bebuffeted bywindsofchange
bestsellers:TheGreatestGeneration,The dangerousand unpredictable,sofiercethattheythreatened
GreatestGenerationSpeaks,andAn notjustAmerica buttheveryfutureofthe planet.
AlbumofMemories.TomBrokaw Nonetheless,1920wasan auspiciousyearforayoung per-
graduated fromtheUniversityofSouth sontoentertheworld asan American citizen.The U.S.popula-
Dakotawithadegreeinpoliticalscience. tion hadtopped 106 million people,and the landscapewas
BrokawwastheWhiteHousecorrespon- changing rapidlyfrom agrarianto urban,eventhough one in
dentforNBCNewsduringWatergate threeAmericansstill lived onafarm.Women weregaining the
andhaswoneverymajorawardin righttovotewiththe ratification ofthe Nineteenth
broadcastjournalism,includingtwo Amendment,and KDKA in Pittsburgh was broadcastingthe
DuPonts,aPeabodyandseveralEmmys.
firstradiosignalsacrossthe middleofAmerica.Prohibitionwas
beginning,butsowastheroaring lifestylethatcamewiththe
"Thisgeneration ofAmericanshasa flouting ofProhibitionandtheculturethatproduced it.Infar-
rendezvouswithdestiny."
offRussiathe Bolshevikrevolution wasa bloodyaffair,butits
-FranklinDelanoRoosevelt
Americanadmirerswere unabletostircomparable passions
here.
Theyearofmybirth, 1940,wasthefulcrum ofAmerica in Fiveyears laterthisAmerican child born in 1920still
thetwentieth century,whenthe nation was balanced
seemed to be poisedfora lifeofevergreater prosperity,
precariouslybetweenthedarknessoftheGreat
opportunity,and excitement.PresidentCalvin "SilentCal"
Depression on onesideandthestormsofwarin Europeand
Coolidgewasa benign presenceintheWhite House,content
the Pacificon theother.Itwasa criticaltime inthe shaping of to letthebankers,industrialists,and speculators runthecoun-
this nation and theworld,equaltothe revolution of1776and tryastheysawfit.
theperilsoftheCivilWar.OnceagaintheAmerican people
Asthetwenties roared along,the FourHorsemen ofNotre
understoodthe magnitudeofthechal-
Dameweregiving Saturdays new meaning withtheircollege
lenge,the importanceofan unpar-
football heroics.JackDempseyandGeneTunneywereraising
alleled national commitment, thespectacleofheavyweight boxing matchestonewheights
and mostofall,thecertainty offrenzy.Baseball wasa daytimegameandatrue national
thatonlyone resolution was
pastime,from thefabledYankeeStadiumtothesandlotsin
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acceptable.The nationturned
Home rural America.
to itsyoung tocarrythe heavi- Victory TheNewYorkerwas launched,andthe placeofmagazines
est burden,tofight inenemyter-
occupied a higherorder.Flappersweredancingthe
ritoryandto keepthehomefront
Charleston;Fitzgerald was publishing TheGreatGatsby;the